Examined the relationship of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory high-point codes and the diagnostic system of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual III. Identified 24 code types from a private psychiatric clinic sample (N=261). Presented the resulting clusters of diagnostic classification and a narrative summation for each code type.…

Investigated the interscorer reliability between a novice and a professional psychologist for the Minnesota Percepto-Diagnostic Test-Revised (MPDT-R), using a sample of 30 individuals. Results indicated that for three of the four MPDT-R scores there was a significant positive correlation between expert and novice scoring criteria. (JAC)

Good assessment is key to providing effective intervention, and thoughtful interpretation of assessment results is an important part of the intervention. This chapter focuses on the consultant and service recipient in the test interpretation process, including ways to help all participants in this process. In addition, case examples illustrate the…

Subjects received falsified psychological test results that were discrepant in either positive or negative directions with their own reports on self-referring attitudes. Subjects who received negative feedback were more likely to derogate the interpreter, whereas subjects who received positive feedback were more likely to change their self-reports…

The present study was undertaken to determine the degree to which the EPPS and PRF scales are correlated with the EPI scales, and also to determine the degree to which the scales in all three inventories are measuring the same common traits. (Author)

In replying to Leo Goldman's charge that tests and counseling have failed to come help one another, the author argues that at least tests provide the counselor and student with information not ordinarily obtained in other ways. (Author/BY)

The use of weekly quizzes does not appear to improve student learning or motivation. (HS)

Enchanced effectiveness in teaching and learning can be achieved when tests are used as helps rather than merely as hurdles. (Editor)

Computers can be used to score tests in order to reduce the workload of the teacher. (CK)

General procedures involved in the administration, scoring, and interpretation of individual psychological tests are explained for parents. (KW)

Examines the effects of four parameters on the accuracy of test equating under a relaxed definition of test form equivalence. The four parameters studied were sample size, test form length, test form reliability, and the correlation between true scores of the test forms to be equated. (CK)

Using clinicians employed in Minnesota and Kansas, an attempt was made to describe and quantify clinical judgment pertaining to perceived degree of pathology associated with low scores. The results showed Minnesota judges generally regarding low scores as representing less pathology than Kansas judges. Several factors limit generalizing however.…

Clinical findings indicated that relatively low Academic Achievement scale scores generally predicted changes of occupational planning toward business and other applied directions, whereas higher Academic Achievement scale scores were associated with changes toward more academic and scientific orientations. These regularities were modified for…